Being a rogue ninja is worse than being Hokage.

It turned out there was someone in her room, but that person wasn't her manager, Santao.

Feng Hua Xiaoxue looked at the girl in front of her.

The girl approached interpersonal relationships with shyness, and the glasses perched on her nose couldn't hide her beautiful red eyes, the same color as her hair.

"Thanks……"

Feng Hua Xiaoxue forced herself to sit up in bed. She was extremely thirsty, and the desire to quench her thirst outweighed her confusion about why the girl was in her room.

She took the clear glass from the girl and, without any ladylike manners, drank the water in one gulp.

Having replenished her body's fluids, Feng Hua Xiaoxue finally had the leisure to pay attention to the young girl.

"who are you?"

"Karin—is one of the ninjas responsible for protecting you."

Karin already saw Fuuka Koyuki at the bar yesterday.

But Kazahana Koyuki had already been knocked unconscious by Naruto at that time, and has never seen the other "three" besides Naruto - now it should be "two".

"Oh, is that so?"

Upon hearing Karin's reply, memories of last night resurfaced in Fuuka Koyuki's mind.

Feng Hua Xiaoxue didn't recall much of her memories.

The only thing that left a deep impression on her was Naruto, whom she saw as a shameless brat.

This could be considered a sign that she harbored resentment towards Naruto.

The more she tried to recall those fragmented and forgotten memories, the more dizzy and disoriented Feng Hua Xiaoxue felt.

"Why am I still...swaying...how much did I drink yesterday?"

Feng Hua Xiaoxue covered her head, feeling the whole room shaking.

“I think you should be sober by now. The reason you feel unsteady is because…” Karin paused, “…we are sailing at sea now.”

Upon hearing Karin's words, Fuuka Koyuki quickly turned her head away and stared intently at her.

It was as if she wanted to confirm whether Karin's words were an April Fool's joke or something true.

Karin understood the look in Fuuka Koyuki's eyes and nodded firmly.

But Fuuka Koyuki was still unwilling to give up, and in the end, she could not escape her fate of returning to the Land of Snow.

She forced herself out of bed and rushed out of her room wearing only her pajamas.

Then... I saw the azure sea.

In Feng Hua Xiao Xue's view, there was only the horizon; she could not see any land.

"hateful!!!!!"

Her loud outburst in the early morning, before the "Princess of the Storm" crew had even started filming, woke up other people who were still asleep.

……

"Whenever the big star isn't working, she'll glare at you with a fierce look."

In the morning, on the ship's deck, to avoid the ninja squad accidentally appearing in the filming location crowding together at the bow.

Naruko teased Naruto.

Naruto ignored her.

"...It's roughly the feeling I just described. Once you've experienced that feeling firsthand, then try to condense chakra to create shadow clones. You're already making great progress, so there's no need to rush."

He was answering Karin's questions about the Shadow Clone Technique.

As for Fuuka Koyuki, who was giving him unfriendly looks, Naruto simply returned a smile.

"But I didn't expect her to get back to work so quickly, even though she clearly didn't want to go to the Land of Snow at all."

"Because she knew she couldn't escape. Unlike children, adults know very well when they can be willful and when they should restrain themselves."

Naruto and Naruko chatted idly for a while.

Meanwhile, Kazahana Koyuki, who was having her makeup touched up by the crew, just watched Naruto and the others.

During the filming of "Princess of the Storm", Feng Hua Xiaoxue had already figured out the composition of this ninja team.

Needless to say, the young ninja captain didn't stand out much.

His subordinates, however, were even more rudimentary—Karin and Naruko.

— Feng Hua Xiao Xue already knows the name of that ninja brat from the bar yesterday.

According to Fuuka Koyuki's observation, that lecherous brat named Menma has been harassing Naruko, but Naruko clearly doesn't like him.

Naruko never gave Menma a kind look.

Seeing that she couldn't win Naruko's favor, Menma started pestering Karin.

These are all subjective inferences made by Feng Hua Xiao Xue.

"whispering sound!"

Feng Hua Xiaoxue unconsciously bit her lower lip to express her displeasure.

"Miss Yukie, stop making those faces that will ruin your makeup!"

The crew member doing the makeup reminded them that a large chunk of the lipstick that they had just painstakingly touched up had been bitten off by Kazama Koyuki.

"Excuse me."

Feng Hua Xiaoxue hurriedly tried to maintain a blank expression so that the makeup artist could quickly and reliably touch up the crew's makeup.

But Fuuka Koyuki's gaze was still fixed on the ninjas' situation with a sidelong glance.

Compared to Naruko, who seems unapproachable, and Menma, who is glib and always has her eyes wandering around.

On the contrary, Feng Hua Xiaoxue found Huali, the honest little girl who had carefully helped her fetch water this morning, to be cute and endearing.

but……

Karin's attitude towards Menma is far too weak!

She was dissatisfied with Huali's "weakness".

It's just unknown whether this "weakness" also includes a part of Feng Hua Xiaoxue's own.

"Alright, everyone get to your positions and give it your all to finish filming today's last scene!"

The script supervisor holding the scriptboard drew the attention of the entire crew.

The staff, who had taken a short break while waiting for the makeup touch-up of the lead actress, Koyuki Fuuka, got busy again.

……

Karin finally felt that she had begun to grasp the essence of the Shadow Clone Technique that Naruto had told her about.

What she needs to do now is slowly continue to gather chakra along with her senses, and then go all out in one go—

"Hana-ri!"

Karin's focused attention was interrupted by the shouts, and she felt that the last bit of feeling she had managed to grasp had vanished in an instant.

Karin glanced at Kazeka Koyuki in front of her, then turned her head to look at the crew of "Princess of the Wind and Cloud".

While Karin was learning the Shadow Clone Technique, the filming for the day had already wrapped up.

"Oh, is that so?"

Karin didn't know why Fuuka Koyuki would take the initiative to approach her.

But that's just right, because Karin is also worried that her friendship with Fuuka Koyuki is not progressing at all.

On the other side, far from Karin and Fuka no Yuki.

Naruto and Naruko, who were a body length apart, also noticed the movements of the two people over there.

……

"It seems you made a deep impression on Miss Star last night."

Naruko spoke.

"I just gave her some guidance, and I don't know how it will turn out in the end, but it seems to be in line with my expectations. As for her and Karin's inner personalities, I just made Karin more conspicuous so that she could notice Karin more quickly."

Naruto's two shadow clones were Sakakibara, who was the same age as Kazeka Koyuki.

In the eyes of the entire "Princess of the Wind and Cloud" crew, he was just a ninja who took money from the agent San Taiyu to protect the female lead. As a public figure, he would also actively avoid having too much contact with people like Sakakibara.

Naruko's sharp personality clashes with that of Fuuka Koyuki, making it impossible for the two to have anything in common.

Naruto goes without saying; because of her unpleasant experience at the bar, both Fuuka and Koyuki are now wary of him.

"Ah……"

Naruto, being a clone of Naruto, clearly knew what Naruto was thinking, and she obviously didn't like his ideas.

"Sometimes your awkwardness makes me feel disgusted."

Naruko made no attempt to hide her opinion of Naruto.

Naruto didn't care about Naruko's mockery, but looked at her with a curious gaze: "I never expected your personality to be so independent."

Naruko glared back at Naruto: "Since you know the difference between you and me, you might as well try to curry favor with me now, or I might tell Karin all your plans."

"You won't, because you're just as awkward and disgusting to me."

Naruto didn't take Naruko's threat seriously at all.

However, Naruto still felt a little interested in Naruko, who had become noticeably different from him due to the excessive spiritual energy she had been infused with.

The confused spiritual energy of that "Sakakibara-sensei" was only slightly more than that of a shadow clone under normal circumstances.

Although he has a personality different from Naruto's, his behavior still follows the thought process of Naruto himself.

But Naruko has a more agile mind.

Unfortunately, no matter how "independent" she is, she is ultimately just a shadow clone—the proportion of chakra injected into her body as spiritual energy and physical energy makes the topic of making shadow clones independent completely unresearchable.

No matter how realistically she appears as an independent individual, everything about Naruto is a facade under Naruto's control.

Creating a second "Naruto" would be a piece of cake for Naruto.